Our Favorite Weird Video Game Commercials

Video games have been around for decades and companies have been trying to find creative ways to convince people to hand over their money the entire time. Current video game commercials tend to hover between serious and concrete in tone, but there was once a simpler time when companies were willing to show off games and hardware in weirder ways – or by scaring everyone with babies and David Lynch for some reason....

June 6, 2025 · 5 min · 901 words · Wanda Johnson

Paper Girls' Unique Approach To Teen Nostalgia

Warning: This article contains spoilers for the first season ofPaper Girls. When Amazon Prime dropped the first season of its adaptation of Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang’sPaper Girlscomics, the show was instantly compared toStranger Things. Granted, it’s a sci-fi series set in the 1980s and it involves teenagers on bicycles, but the similarities stop there.Paper Girlsisn’t about monsters seeping in from another dimension; it’s about time travel. And it doesn’t have a nostalgic view of its ‘80s setting likeStranger Things....

June 6, 2025 · 4 min · 839 words · Andrea Walker

Persona 5 Strikers: How to Get Eligor with Divine Grace

Prison Mail Requests inPersona 5 Strikersare all about obtaining Personas with particular skills, and players that wish to complete them will need to perform a variety of Persona fusions. Indeed, combining Personas is the best way to address these types of Requests, and that is certainly the case for Prison Mail, Part 2, which tasks fans with showing Eligor with Divine Grace to Lavenza and becomes available on August 11. For those players that may be having some trouble acquiring this Persona inPersona 5 Strikers, this guide is here to help....

June 6, 2025 · 3 min · 457 words · Lisa Wheeler

Persona 5's Ongoing Cameos are Good News for Persona 6

ThePersonaseries has really exploded in popularity over the last few years, no doubt in part to the smash hit that wasPersona 5as well as the PC release ofPersona 4 Golden. As a result,Persona 6is one of the most highly anticipated titles for JRPG fans, but there’s no telling as to when fans can expect it as there hasn’t even been so much as a teaser announcing its development. AlthoughAtlus has been relatively quiet aboutPersona 6’s development, the many cameos that characters fromPersona 5have been making in other games seem to bode well for the upcoming mainlinePersonaentry....

June 6, 2025 · 5 min · 889 words · Michael Harris

PlayStation Fans React to April 2021's Massive PS Now Additions

The games includeMarvel’s Avengers, which recently released for the PS5;Borderlands 3; andThe Long Dark. Although it received lukewarm reviews upon its release,fans ofMarvel’s Avengersare hopeful that developer Crystal Dynamics will be able to improve the gamethrough updates and additional content. Fans of shooters will enjoyBorderlands 3, Gearbox Software’s popular looter-shooter that has become a staple for players who enjoy fast-paced gameplay with friends. Finally, inThe Long Dark, players take on the role of a downed bush pilot who must survive the Canadian wilderness....

June 6, 2025 · 2 min · 348 words · Christopher Mueller

Pokemon Fan Creates Past Paradox Forms for Paldea Starter Evolutions

Summary The many Paradox Pokemon themed around the past have proven popular amongPokemonfans, and one artist has shared a few of their own designs which present what the Paldea region’s starters might look like as past-based Paradox Pokemon. Despite their widely criticized drawbacks, the latestPokemontitles have introduced a large variety of new creatures, and the Gen 9 starters have certainly proven to be some of the most popular starter Pokemon in recent years....

June 6, 2025 · 3 min · 485 words · John Black

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet's Auto Battles Break a Major Tradition and Make The Game Easier

The Pokemon Company released the nextPokemon ScarletandViolettrailer today, and while it didn’t show many new Pokemon compared to what one might expect two months from launch, it did go over the three storylines hinted at last month. One of them is about completing the Gym Challenge and heading to the Paldean region’s own Victory Road to challenge the Elite Four and the regional Champion, the second is about confronting the newvillainous Team Star, and the last one is about battling Titan Pokemon....

June 6, 2025 · 4 min · 643 words · Debra Arroyo

Pokemon Scarlet And Violet’s Summer Raids, Ranked

Alongside several Pokemon outbreaks throughout the rest of the summer, the lineup for the next several Tera raids inPokemon Scarlet and Violethas been revealed. Appearing both as fun challenges and celebratory events for real-life occasions,players looking for things to do in the gameshould keep track of which raids might be the most helpful and difficult. One raid is simple for players that have beaten the game, while other raids require strategy and properly trained Pokemon....

June 6, 2025 · 4 min · 824 words · Kenneth Stanton

PS5 Pre-Orders at Walmart Are Acting a Little Strange

There is no denying that gamers want to get their hands on the next console generation, and one player evencreated an AR PlayStation 5 modeljust to see how it would look in their living room. However, there have been multiple speedbumps on the road to actually getting aPS5. When it comes to thePS5, pre-order troubles started a long time ago. Originally, Sony set up a system where players could submit a request for eligibility to pre-order, and this was confusing to many....

June 6, 2025 · 2 min · 413 words · Kristie Kline

Rumor: EA Working On A New Fight Night Game

Currently, EA Sports has five major franchises under its belt:FIFA,Madden,NHL,F1, andUFC. But it used to cover a lot more sports in the past, including boxing with itsFight Nightseries of games.Fight Nightfans have been left wanting for a decade, but a recent report claims that EA is working to revive the boxing series with a brand-new entry, currently codenamed Moneyball. According to VGC’s sources, the newFight Nightgame has already been greenlit and is in early development, supposedly at EA Vancouver....

June 6, 2025 · 2 min · 403 words · Amy Smith

Scarlet Nexus: Going To Togetsu Side Quest Guide

Players can pick up a large number of side quests inScarlet Nexus. Completing quests is important for gamers who want to earn trophies or achievements forScarlet Nexus. Certain quests that award attachments will be a high priority for fashion fans, too. TheGoing to Togetsu side questis one of those quests with a desirable reward. It can be a tricky quest to complete without some helpful advice though, so this guide will lend players a few tips....

June 6, 2025 · 3 min · 465 words · Ryan Hunter

Season: A Letter to the Future

Season: A Letter to the Futureis a post-apocalyptic walking simulator that takes players on a strange and wild journey deep into the unknown. Our main character has left the only place she has ever known in order to fulfill a prophetic dream from her best friend. According to thestory ofSeason: A Letter to the Future, Caro City has been long closed off from the dangerous world outside, a world filled with illnesses where there are no real cures....

June 6, 2025 · 3 min · 457 words · Amy Richards

Skyrim Anniversary Edition Won't Be on Xbox Game Pass, But Players Can Get A Big Discount

The price ofSkyrim Anniversary Editionwas finally revealed to be $49.99, which is less than many worried it would be, and it’s also below the normal price point of AAA titles. There’s a lot of new content to justify this price for the hardcoreSkyrimfans interested, though others might instead choose to stick with their older copies of the game or simply modding their PC versions. Unfortunately,Skyrim Anniversary Editionwon’t be free on Xbox Game Passalong with the handful of Bethesda titles on the service, despite the publisher being bought out by Microsoft....

June 6, 2025 · 3 min · 533 words · Tamara Garcia